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<li><span class="stability_1"><a href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel">Diagnostics Channel</a></span>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_public_api">Public API</a>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_overview">Overview</a>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_hassubscribers_name"><code>diagnostics_channel.hasSubscribers(name)</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_channel_name"><code>diagnostics_channel.channel(name)</code></a></li>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_class_channel">Class: <code>Channel</code></a>
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<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_hassubscribers"><code>channel.hasSubscribers</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_publish_message"><code>channel.publish(message)</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_subscribe_onmessage"><code>channel.subscribe(onMessage)</code></a></li>
<li><a href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_unsubscribe_onmessage"><code>channel.unsubscribe(onMessage)</code></a></li>
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        <h2>Diagnostics Channel<span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel" id="diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel">#</a></span></h2>

<p></p><div class="api_stability api_stability_1"><a href="documentation.html#documentation_stability_index">Stability: 1</a> - Experimental</div><p></p>
<p><strong>Source Code:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v14.19.1/lib/diagnostics_channel.js">lib/diagnostics_channel.js</a></p>
<p>The <code>diagnostics_channel</code> module provides an API to create named channels
to report arbitrary message data for diagnostics purposes.</p>
<p>It can be accessed using:</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);</code></pre>
<p>It is intended that a module writer wanting to report diagnostics messages
will create one or many top-level channels to report messages through.
Channels may also be acquired at runtime but it is not encouraged
due to the additional overhead of doing so. Channels may be exported for
convenience, but as long as the name is known it can be acquired anywhere.</p>
<p>If you intend for your module to produce diagnostics data for others to
consume it is recommended that you include documentation of what named
channels are used along with the shape of the message data. Channel names
should generally include the module name to avoid collisions with data from
other modules.</p>
<section><h3>Public API<span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_public_api" id="diagnostics_channel_public_api">#</a></span></h3>
<h4>Overview<span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_overview" id="diagnostics_channel_overview">#</a></span></h4>
<p>Following is a simple overview of the public API.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-comment">// Get a reusable channel object</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-comment">// Subscribe to the channel</span>
channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">subscribe</span>(<span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">message, name</span>) =></span> {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// Received data</span>
});

<span class="hljs-comment">// Check if the channel has an active subscriber</span>
<span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (channel.<span class="hljs-property">hasSubscribers</span>) {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// Publish data to the channel</span>
  channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">publish</span>({
    <span class="hljs-attr">some</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'data'</span>
  });
}</code></pre>
<h5><code>diagnostics_channel.hasSubscribers(name)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_hassubscribers_name" id="diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_hassubscribers_name">#</a></span></h5>
<ul>
<li><code>name</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Symbol_type" class="type">&#x3C;symbol></a> The channel name</li>
<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type">&#x3C;boolean></a> If there are active subscribers</li>
</ul>
<p>Check if there are active subscribers to the named channel. This is helpful if
the message you want to send might be expensive to prepare.</p>
<p>This API is optional but helpful when trying to publish messages from very
performance-sensitive code.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">hasSubscribers</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>)) {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// There are subscribers, prepare and publish message</span>
}</code></pre>
<h5><code>diagnostics_channel.channel(name)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_channel_name" id="diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_channel_name">#</a></span></h5>
<ul>
<li><code>name</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Symbol_type" class="type">&#x3C;symbol></a> The channel name</li>
<li>Returns: <a href="diagnostics_channel.html#diagnostics_channel_class_channel" class="type">&#x3C;Channel></a> The named channel object</li>
</ul>
<p>This is the primary entry-point for anyone wanting to interact with a named
channel. It produces a channel object which is optimized to reduce overhead at
publish time as much as possible.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);</code></pre>
<h4>Class: <code>Channel</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_class_channel" id="diagnostics_channel_class_channel">#</a></span></h4>
<p>The class <code>Channel</code> represents an individual named channel within the data
pipeline. It is use to track subscribers and to publish messages when there
are subscribers present. It exists as a separate object to avoid channel
lookups at publish time, enabling very fast publish speeds and allowing
for heavy use while incurring very minimal cost. Channels are created with
<a href="#diagnostics_channel_diagnostics_channel_channel_name"><code>diagnostics_channel.channel(name)</code></a>, constructing a channel directly
with <code>new Channel(name)</code> is not supported.</p>
<h5><code>channel.hasSubscribers</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_hassubscribers" id="diagnostics_channel_channel_hassubscribers">#</a></span></h5>
<ul>
<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type">&#x3C;boolean></a> If there are active subscribers</li>
</ul>
<p>Check if there are active subscribers to this channel. This is helpful if
the message you want to send might be expensive to prepare.</p>
<p>This API is optional but helpful when trying to publish messages from very
performance-sensitive code.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">if</span> (channel.<span class="hljs-property">hasSubscribers</span>) {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// There are subscribers, prepare and publish message</span>
}</code></pre>
<h5><code>channel.publish(message)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_publish_message" id="diagnostics_channel_channel_publish_message">#</a></span></h5>
<ul>
<li><code>message</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Data_types" class="type">&#x3C;any></a> The message to send to the channel subscribers</li>
</ul>
<p>Publish a message to any subscribers to the channel. This will trigger
message handlers synchronously so they will execute within the same context.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);

channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">publish</span>({
  <span class="hljs-attr">some</span>: <span class="hljs-string">'message'</span>
});</code></pre>
<h5><code>channel.subscribe(onMessage)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_subscribe_onmessage" id="diagnostics_channel_channel_subscribe_onmessage">#</a></span></h5>
<ul>
<li><code>onMessage</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type">&#x3C;Function></a> The handler to receive channel messages
<ul>
<li><code>message</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Data_types" class="type">&#x3C;any></a> The message data</li>
<li><code>name</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type" class="type">&#x3C;string></a> | <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Symbol_type" class="type">&#x3C;symbol></a> The name of the channel</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Register a message handler to subscribe to this channel. This message handler
will be run synchronously whenever a message is published to the channel. Any
errors thrown in the message handler will trigger an <a href="process.html#process_event_uncaughtexception"><code>'uncaughtException'</code></a>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);

channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">subscribe</span>(<span class="hljs-function">(<span class="hljs-params">message, name</span>) =></span> {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// Received data</span>
});</code></pre>
<h5><code>channel.unsubscribe(onMessage)</code><span><a class="mark" href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_unsubscribe_onmessage" id="diagnostics_channel_channel_unsubscribe_onmessage">#</a></span></h5>
<div class="api_metadata">
<details class="changelog"><summary>History</summary>
<table>
<tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Changes</th></tr>
<tr><td>v14.19.0</td>
<td><p>Added return value. Added to channels without subscribers.</p></td></tr>
<tr><td>v14.17.0</td>
<td><p><span>Added in: v14.17.0</span></p></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</details>
</div>
<ul>
<li><code>onMessage</code> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function" class="type">&#x3C;Function></a> The previous subscribed handler to remove</li>
<li>Returns: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type" class="type">&#x3C;boolean></a> <code>true</code> if the handler was found, <code>false</code> otherwise.</li>
</ul>
<p>Remove a message handler previously registered to this channel with
<a href="#diagnostics_channel_channel_subscribe_onmessage"><code>channel.subscribe(onMessage)</code></a>.</p>
<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> diagnostics_channel = <span class="hljs-built_in">require</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'diagnostics_channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">const</span> channel = diagnostics_channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">channel</span>(<span class="hljs-string">'my-channel'</span>);

<span class="hljs-keyword">function</span> <span class="hljs-title function_">onMessage</span>(<span class="hljs-params">message, name</span>) {
  <span class="hljs-comment">// Received data</span>
}

channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">subscribe</span>(onMessage);

channel.<span class="hljs-title function_">unsubscribe</span>(onMessage);</code></pre></section>
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